PT-2017-6884 · Tex Live+1 · Mktexlsr+1

Jakub Wilk · Published 2017-08-25 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-5700

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mktexlsr versions 22855 through 36625

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations For versions 22855 through 36625, consider restricting access to the mktexlsr utility until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using mktexlsr with untrusted input to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5700

USN-3788-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Mktexlsr

References · 21

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5700 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5700 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700 · Security Note
• https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3788-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5700 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17407 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5700 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5700 · Security Note
• https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01874 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17407 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1 · Vendor Advisory